r/AtlantisTheLostEmpire

Traditionally, most depictions of Atlantis in fiction portray the city as being Greek and I think this is pretty dumb.

Timeaus ( the book that Atlantis originates from ) describes the city as being "beyond the Pillars of Hercules" ( Generally agreed to be the Strait of Gibraltar ) and being a rival thassalocracy to an imaginary version of Athens. Nothing in the story suggests that Atlantis was a Greek city state and it is, in fact, more logical to view Atlantis as a completely foreign culture to the Greeks with a dichotomy similar to Rome vs. Carthage.

A:TLE is great because the minds behind it clearly acknowledged how dumb the trope of "Greek Atlantis" is and they put a lot of effort into giving Atlantis a unique culture and design.

Okrand Atlantean Language New Translation

I made this in 2020. It translates a text from the Epic of Son-Jara from Timbuktu in West Africa.

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Here is the whole thing online:

https://naviklingon.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-texts-in-okrand-atlantean-with.html?view=flipcard&m=1

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Here s also some unused concept art from the movie and c 1500s West African art with English and Okrand Atlantean text added by me. Parliament and Fire Marshall Bill are 1970s and 1990s pop culture references. Most of these images are directly or indirectly fire-themed.

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Text A, Page B.

He went then and gave the pouch of gold to the Tunkara Patriarch, Prince Tunkara of Mema, saying they should cast the sigi. When Son-Jara returned from the bush ...

Okrand Atlantean Language:

Ab toy-imot gim

Nartak-wer Metad-tem Nartak-lant-ag deg

Peyes-tem Nartak-wer-ag

gom

sedig-tem hakek-ag nuh-imot.

Yer-en-tem serih-setoh bet reg-e.

Dos Aktirak-wer dulal-tem ga digad-imot

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Ancient Africa Conlang:

A-li-enda ndipo na a-li-toa-a vyombo dhahabu-aa

kwa Cchumvi Ttunkara-aa,

Mwana-wa-mfalme Tunkara Mema-aa,

da-sema wa-wi-adhiri vi=kuku.

Son-Jara a-po-achana a-toka.kwa ny=ika

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Notes:

"Mèma: The land where Son-Jara lives in exile from the Manden. In several particulars, Mèma resembles Medina, where the prophet Mohammed lived in exile while he prepard to overtake Mecca."

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/\~jgr6/203/unit10/jara\_characters.html

Tunkara: This kingdom is apparently ruled by the Tunkara family.

cast the sigi: This is a trial by fire to determine if warriors are not related and so able to face eachother upon the battle field. Both grab metal bracelets out of a pot of burning potash and put them on.

r/AtlantisTheLostEmpire

What's your favorite piece of the explorers arsenal ?

My favorite part of Atlantis: The Lost Empire is that Atlantis isn't portrayed as being Greek.

Okrand Atlantean Language New Translation